Finance Officer
Mascalls Academy
Tonbridge
- Expired
- Salary:
- Kent Range 6: Actual salary £17,524 per annum (fte £19,864)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 13 November 2018
Job overview
About the role: Mascalls Academy has a rare and exciting opportunity to appoint an experienced and efficient Finance Officer to join our support team. The overarching purpose of this role is to provide a comprehensive financial support service to the Principal and Finance Manager. Please note that this is a busy position; our successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, the ability to prioritise and also accuracy and attention to detail. Our successful candidate will benefit from being part of an incredibly friendly and highly collaborative team!
The working basis of this position is 37 hours per week (we can be flexible on start and finish times for the right candidate), 41 working weeks per year made up of Term Time (including 5 inset days) plus two additional weeks throughout the academic year to be agreed with the Finance Manager in advance. Again, we can be flexible on the additional weeks so this role is ideal for those seeking to keep the majority of their school holidays free! You will be reporting into a highly experienced Finance Manager, and our successful candidate should be able to hit the ground running.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As part of Leigh Academies Trust you will have the opportunity to collaborate with your peers and share best practice at academy level and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You will also be expected to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation. As part of the cluster structure, all of our academies are grouped together in key geographical areas to enable them to be able to support each other and share resources. It also offers staff access to career opportunities across the Trust allowing them to progress their career without switching employers.
What are we looking for in you?: As a Trust, we seek to recruit talented individuals that can not only help to build the success of our academies but also people that are engaging and passionate about what they do. We are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs or disabilities which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.
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About Mascalls Academy
- Mascalls Academy
- Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge
- Kent
- TN12 6LT
- United Kingdom
Mascalls Academy is a secondary school at the heart of the community and our small school model ensures that each and every student gets the personal support and challenge they need to reach their full potential. The academy is divided into four colleges – Shackleton, Earhart, Luther King and Marie Curie Sixth Form College each having their own personality and range of specialisms, allowing them to be unique.
Mascalls Academy is a high achieving institution. Our most recent Ofsted inspection notes “ambitious leadership has established an ethos where staff are committed to driving standards up”, that Mascalls is a “happy place to be” and that “staff feel valued”. Our judgement that we are a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and behaviour is accurate. It is our vision to become ‘Outstanding’ in every category.
Mascalls Academy is a dynamic and exciting place to work and the fantastic leadership team are committed to making it great for people at all stages in their careers. Our building and facilities are a mix of designs with two new buildings being modern, light and airy giving the academy a unique and special character.
Principal
Jo Brooks
Values
“Our values decide our character; our character decides our value.” James Kerr.
Personal discipline
- Respect – for self and others
- Determination – to succeed
- Resilience – a commitment to personal development in spite of setbacks
Personal discipline is not expecting somebody else to do your job for you. It teaches you not to expect things handed to you and even sometimes, in order to succeed, to do things now when you really ‘want to do it tomorrow’.
At Mascalls personal discipline underpins our character, we value respect, determination and resilience and understand that the combination of those characteristics, applied daily make success a repeatable experience.
Vision
Personal development
- High expectations – of self and of others
- Continual improvement – steps to success
- Celebrate success – big or small
We are all caretakers of our legacy, as students continue their journey with us they are encouraged to build on the successes of our past and aspire to new standards for our future. Students and staff, as leaders, drive and insist on an environment which promotes the behaviours needed for success at school and beyond. At Mascalls we create a culture for personal development – through high expectations, a commitment to continual improvement and through celebrating our many successes. We celebrate our achievements and learn from our mistakes knowing that our collective character drives culture, our reputation and turns it into something we can be proud of.
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